Jill Biden’s former aide, Michael LaRosa, has dished out some brutal honesty to his former boss and her husband, Joe Biden, encouraging them to stick to retirement and leave politics behind.
LaRosa, who worked as Jill’s press secretary from 2021 to 2022, believes the Biden camp’s team is pulling all the wrong moves since Biden left office.
“I love both Bidens dearly, but staff loyalty means there is a responsibility to provide them with an honest situational awareness, especially when it comes to their public image, no matter how hurtful it is to hear,” LaRosa told The Hill. He accused the Bidens’ advisors of not having their “hand on the pulse of the Democratic Party or national politics” with their timing of Joe Biden’s reemergence.
LaRosa criticized the team’s decision to have Joe Biden step back into the public spotlight, saying it provided “a detour for the president to distract his cadre of supporters with Biden taunts and blame, giving Fox News nearly 48 hours of fresh new programming.” He added that the Democratic Party is desperate to rebrand and battle Republicans, and the timing wasn’t right for Biden’s comeback.
“It’s a heartbreaking and tragic ending to their time in public life, but it’s also the truth, and they should index the political realities into their decision-making,” LaRosa said. He also slammed the team’s public appearances, questioning the idea behind posing for a picture in a grocery store, saying it seemed “primitive” and not novel.
LaRosa emphasized that the biggest problem for the Bidens is the staff who keep them disconnected from modern and authentic means of speaking to their supporters and followers.